Numbers 10:2
in Numbers 10“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
KJV
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
9 notes on this verseMake thee two trumpets of silver - The necessity of such instruments will at once appear, when the amazing extent of this numerous army is considered; and how even the sound of two trumpets could reach them all is difficult to conceive; but we may suppose that, when they were sounded, the motion of those that were within reach of that sound taught the others in succession what they should do.
This site's exposition
And the Lord spake unto Moses
on Numbers 10:1-2
The instrument commanded here is the silver trumpet, and it is a different thing from the ram's horn that sounded at Sinai in Exodus 19:16. Of a whole piece renders the word used of the candlestick at Exodus 25:31, beaten out of one mass rather than assembled from parts. The verse names two uses in one breath, calling the assembly and moving the camps, so worship and marching orders come from the same pair of instruments.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Make for yourself two trumpets of hammered silver." The army is led by two trumpets because the people are called to readiness in faith by the two commandments of charity. Scripture bids them to be made of silver, so that the words of the preachers …
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
PateriusEXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, NUMBERS 6 · Written before 606.
proposed
"Make for yourself two trumpets of hammered silver." The army is led by two trumpets because the people are called to readiness in faith by the two commandments of charity. Scripture bids them to be made of silver, so that the words of the preachers …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Two trumpets - For Aaron's two sons: though afterwards the number of the trumpets was much increased, as the number of the priests also was. These trumpets were ordained, both for signification of the great duty of ministers, to preach the word; and for use, as here follows.
Make thee two trumpets of silver,....
Thus they are told to blow the trumpet in Zion for the calling of a solemn assembly together, to sanctify a fast, Joel ii. Public notice ought to be given of the time and place of religious assemblies; for the invitation to the benefit or ordinances is general: whoever will, let him come. wisdom cries in the chief places of concourse.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
And although the camp comprehended 2,500,000 of people, two trumpets would be quite sufficient, for sound is conveyed easily through the pure atmosphere and reverberated strongly among the valleys of the Sinaitic hills.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The trumpet was a straight instrument, differing in this respect from the curved horn or cornet; and is represented, among the other spoils of the temple, on the Arch of Titus. See Exo 25:23 cut. From Egyptian monuments it appears that the Jewish trumpet was copied from that used in the armies of the Pharaohs. The cornet was at first a simple ram’s horn Jos 6:4, and the metal instrument of later times preserved the original shape.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲשֵׂ֣ה | ʾaseh | make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְךָ֗ | lekha | for <the> yourself | ||
| שְׁתֵּי֙ | shetei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| חֲצֽוֹצְרֹ֣ת | chatzotzrot | trumpets of | H2689 → | 29 times |
| כֶּ֔סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מִקְשָׁ֖ה | mikshah | hammered work | H4749 → | 9 times |
| תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה | taaseh | you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְהָי֤וּ | vehayu | and they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | for <the> you | ||
| לְמִקְרָ֣א | lemikra' | for [the] convocation of | H4744 → | 23 times |
| הָֽעֵדָ֔ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| וּלְמַסַּ֖ע | ulemasa' | and for breaking | H4550 → | 12 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֽוֹת׃ | hamachanot | the camps | H4264 → | 215 times |
עֲשֵׂ֣הmake
ʾasehH6213 →2628 times
לְךָ֗for <the> yourself
lekha
שְׁתֵּי֙two
sheteiH8147 →768 times
חֲצֽוֹצְרֹ֣תtrumpets of
chatzotzrotH2689 →29 times
כֶּ֔סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
מִקְשָׁ֖הhammered work
mikshahH4749 →9 times
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣הyou will make
taasehH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וְהָי֤וּand they will be
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֙for <the> you
lekha
לְמִקְרָ֣אfor [the] convocation of
lemikra'H4744 →23 times
הָֽעֵדָ֔הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
וּלְמַסַּ֖עand for breaking
ulemasa'H4550 →12 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֽוֹת׃the camps
hamachanotH4264 →215 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 1:13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
it leads to
- Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s…
- Malachi 1:10
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and…
- Matthew 15:9
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
- Isaiah 66:3
Through
Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
it leads to
- Joel 2:15–16
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
- 2 Chronicles 20:3–4
Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
- Leviticus 23:36
For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to…
- 2 Chronicles 20:13
Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
- Joel 2:15–16
Through
Hosea 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
it leads to
- Hosea 6:7
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
- Hosea 6:7
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Pacian of Barcelona, Commentary (church-history corpus) and Paterius, EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, NUMBERS 6.